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Thursday, May 21, 2009

Districts’ secondary students score at the California State Science Fair

The California State Science Fair was held on May 18-19, 2009 and several students in the Santa Barbara High School District were recognized:

• Behavioral and Social Sciences / Junior Division
  • Second Place, Michael Feldman, La Colina Junior High, “Decision Making in the Face of Risk” (advisor Laura Wilson). Michael's science project won Best in Fair-Junior in the Santa Barbara County Science Fair.
  • Honorable Mention, Anisha Kumar, La Colina Junior High, “Does Encouragement Really Help” (advisor David Marchetti)
• Chemistry / Junior Division
  • Honorable Mention, Daniel Gay, Goleta Valley Junior High, “Effects of Voltage and Concentration on the Fractal Dimension of Electrodeposited Copper Aggregates” (advisor Brad Penkala)
• Cognitive Science / Junior Division
  • Second Place, Rishika Singh, Goleta Valley Junior High School, “Eyes, Nose, or Mouth: Measuring Their Effectiveness in Face Recognition” (advisor Dr. Ambuj Singh)
• Human Biology / Junior Division
  • Honorable Mention, Kana Yamamoto, Goleta Valley Junior High School, “How Does the Eardrum Affect Our Hearing?” (advisor Takuya Yamamoto)
• Toxicology / Junior Division
  • Honorable Mention, Evan Lew, Goleta Valley Junior High School, “Green Fluorescent Protein” (advisor Dr. John Lew)
• Zoology / Senior Division
  • Second Place, Evan Lincoln, San Marcos High School, “LED wavelengths on the Phototaxis of Artemia” (advisor David Plachetzki). Evan's science project won Best in Fair-Junior in the Santa Barbara County Science Fair.

[Updated May 22, 2009: Due to an oversight, some schools were not noted in the original article. The entry has been corrected.]